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California gave every student in prison a laptop. How community colleges are using them
California prisons have given 30,000 laptops to incarcerated students. Inmates say using technology prepares them to enter the workforce. As community colleges start replacing correspondence courses by mail with online-only classes, students and professors debate whether this type of learning is any more effective.
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What happened
According to CalMatters’s source item, California gave every student in prison a laptop. How community colleges are using them, California prisons have given 30,000 laptops to incarcerated students. Inmates say using technology prepares them to enter the workforce. As community colleges start replacing correspondence courses by mail with online-only classes, students and professors debate whether this type of learning is any more effective.
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The development sits in VINI’s California file for readers following state policy, regional institutions, courts, markets, public services, and California communities. The original report is linked so readers can check the source account, follow later updates, and compare new coverage against the first published record. The source item is dated 2026-06-22T12:00:00+00:00.
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Primary source: California gave every student in prison a laptop. How community colleges are using them via CalMatters. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- California gave every student in prison a laptop. How community colleges are using themCalMatters - 2026-06-22T12:00:00+00:00
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